Good article on Entrepreneur

http://www.refresher.com/!tmnmastering.html

Here is an article I enjoyed:

Mastering the Entrepreneurial Art
by Tom Nies

Entrepreneurial success, like success in any pursuit, is about the consummate understanding and mastery of key principles and not about following rules. A rule states, “You must do it this way.” A principle says, “This works – and usually works well – and has done so through all remembered time.” The difference is crucial.

The anxious and inexperienced try to follow rules. The rebellious, unschooled and ignorant break rules – usually unwittingly so. Worse still, all of these types of practitioners try to succeed focusing upon only subsets of situations without realizing how all of the forces at work interact in both conflicting and supporting ways.

But the master of an art, any art, develops mastery over the form of the art using time-tested and time-proven principles.

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Huge Resource

http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

In my continuous searching and surfing of websights and other media related to CEO' and executives, I came accross this resource.

The CEOxpress

Go to it now

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CEO Training - Evaluation

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/eval/pubs/eet-efcs/eet-efcs_e.asp

Training is important, but training for the sake of training is a waste of not only dollars, but of executives time - which is very valuable.

Here is a resource on evaluating that training:

It is important to take stock of whether executive development programs are effective – even more so with the cohort about to move into management ranks who have had less on-the-job development due to the baby boomers clogging the top spots.

Evaluation is the application of systematic methods to periodically and objectively assess the effectiveness of programs in achieving expected results, their impacts, both intended and unintended, continued relevant and alternative or more cost-effective ways of achieving expected results. In the federal government, evaluations should be conducted in accordance with the TB Evaluation Policy and the evaluation standards within it.

The full range of evaluation issues should be considered in the planning of evaluations: relevance (does the policy, program or initiative continue to be consistent with departmental and government-wide priorities and does it realistically address an actual need?); success (is the policy, program or initiative effective in meeting its objectives, within budget and without unwanted outcomes?); and cost-effectiveness (are the most appropriate and efficient means being used to achieve objectives, relative to alternative design and delivery approaches?).

A crucial step in planning for an evaluation is.. more . . .

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CEO Pay - good - bad - or . .

CEO pay totally out of line - Buffalo News

New study on CEO salary out.

CEO pay totally out of line Buffalo News,  United States - 33 minutes ago By ROBERT SAMUELSON. The controversy over CEO pay is not just an accounting matter. ... Any tally of CEO pay suggests jarring disproportion. ... Study Supports Rising CEO Compensation New York Sun Making executive pay more transparent InvestmentNews all 3 related

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